CODiE Awards Announce 2025 Finalists Recognizing the Most Innovative Products in Technology

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The CODiE Awards, the premier peer-recognized program celebrating excellence and innovation in technology, today announced the 2025 CODiE Awards Finalists. These standout products and companies were selected as the most innovative and impactful in their fields, representing advancements across the technology industry.

The 2025 CODiE Awards recognize achievement in 76 categories, including new areas highlighting artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, startup technology, and software development. This year's Finalists were chosen after a rigorous review process by expert judges who evaluated innovation, impact, and overall value to the industries they serve.

"Our 2025 Finalists showcase the power of technology to transform how we learn, work, and connect. Each one demonstrates not only innovation, but also measurable impact that moves industries forward," said Jennifer Baranowski, President, CODiE Awards

For a full list of 2025 CODiE Awards Finalists, visit Finalists - CODiE Awards or see the list below.

Next Steps

Finalists now advance to a second round of peer review, where their products will be evaluated by industry leaders and end-users. Winners will be announced on October 22, 2025.

About the CODiE Awards

The CODiE Awards remain the only peer-recognized program in the technology industry, highlighting the most innovative education and business technology products each year. The program has honored thousands of companies and solutions that have changed the way we learn, work, and connect.

For more information contact Jennifer Baranowski at [email protected].

2025 Finalists

CODiE Breakers – Startup Companies (sponsored by Cambium Learning Group)
Recognize emerging technology companies.

Best AI Powered Startup

• Storytime AI
• Hadrian
• Bedrock Security
• Knomadix AI

Best Bootstrap Startup

• Storytime AI
• Underline Science, Inc.

Best Consumer Tech Startup

• Kidzovo
• Sommos

Best Ed Tech Startup

• FrenalyticsEDU
• Jebbee
• Yourway Learning
• Robo Wunderkind

Digital Transformation Tools & Platforms
Solutions driving efficiency, collaboration, and reach in the workplace.

Best AI Driven Technology Solution

• Nauto AI Driver & Fleet Safety Platform, Nauto
• Resource Sharing Smart Fulfillment, OCLC
• LivePerson AI Agents, LivePerson
• Cyara AI Trust, Cyara
• Cisco AI Assistant for Support - Intelligent, Omnichannel and In-Product Customer Experience, Cisco Systems Inc.

Best AI Enabled Content Solution

• mon'k AI Hub, Impelsys
• Copyleaks AI Logic, Copyleaks
• Mimo, International Society of Automation (ISA)
• Dow Jones Newswires Korean and Japanese Language Services, Dow Jones Newswires
• SchoolAI, SchoolAI

Best Data Analytics & Insights Solution

• Lex Machina®, LexisNexis
• Calix Business Insights – Subscriber Loyalty Analysis, Cali
• Alteryx One Platform, Alteryx
• Nexis+ AI, LexisNexis
• Verint Genie Bot, Verint

Best Business Intelligence Solution

• EMIS Next, EMIS, an ISI Markets Company
• Business Insights Subscriber Loyalty Analysis, Calix
• LexisNexis® InsurQuote® Direct, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Best Customer Service Solution

• Calix Service Cloud, Calix
• ChurnZero, ChurnZero

Best Data Delivery Solution

• 1NCE OS, 1NCE
• LexisNexis Life Smart Path, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Best Digital Employee Experience (DEX) Solution

• Grow, Perceptyx, Inc.
• Nexthink VDI Experience, Nexthink

Best Generative AI Solution

• ScienceDirect AI, Elsevier
• Prezent Platform, Prezent
• Deep Customer Engagement AI by BCG X, Boston Consulting Group
• AI Field Tools, Gordian

Best Human Capital or Talent Management Solution

• The AI-Enabled Talent Development Platform by NovoEd, NovoEd
• Phenom Intelligent Talent Experience platform, Phenom

Best Marketing Solution

• Pushly, Pushly
• Portal by Informa TechTarget, Informa TechTarget
• StructuredWeb Channel Marketing Platform, StructuredWeb

Best Machine Translation (MT)

• OPAL by Welocalize, Welocalize, Inc.
• globalese by memoQ, memoQ Zrt.
• Lara Translate, Translated

Best Payment Solution

• Agora Payments, Agora Payments
• 2Checkout monetization platform, 2Checkout

Education Technology
Innovative platforms that enhance teaching, learning, and student engagement.

Best Administrative Solution

• ClassLink Suite, ClassLink
• Lightspeed Signal™, Lightspeed Systems®
• AristotleK12, Sergeant Laboratories
• Kuali Build, Kuali

Best Administrative Solution for Special Education

• Frontline Special Programs Management, Frontline Education
• Kanga by Presence, Presence
• Streamline, Better Speech LLC

Best AI Solution for ELA/Writing

• Studiosity: AI for Learning, Studiosity
• Newsela Writing, Newsela

Best Career and Technical Education (CTE) Solution

• Career Ready Program, eDynamic Learning
• uCertify LEARN, uCertify
• Transfr, Transfr
• Career Connect, Discovery Education

Best Coding & Development Solution

• YoungWonks, WONKSKNOW LLC
• uCertify Course, uCertify

Best Collaborative Solution for Teachers

• Branching Minds MTSS Platform, Branching Minds
• edWeb.net, edWeb.net

Best College Readiness Solution

• UWorld Courses for AP®, UWorld College Readiness
• EasyTech College Readiness, Learning.com

Best Content Authoring Development or Curation Solution

• Content2Classroom, Content2Classroom
• DnA, Renaissance
• Pixton, Pixton Comics Inc.
• Campfire Learning | Studio, Campfire Learning

Best Customer Experience Solution for Education

• Tutor.com, Tutor.com
• Branching Minds MTSS Platform, Branching Mind
• Let's Talk, K12 Insight
• MobyMax, MobyMax
• MyConnect2, Campion Education

Best Digital Citizenship Solution

• EasyTech Digital Literacy and Citizenship, Learning.com
• Respons-Able Students Online, Digital Respons-Ability

Best Education Platform

• comproDLS Engage, Compro Technologies
• Discovery Education Experience, Discovery Education
• MagicBox, Magic EdTech
• Seesaw Instruction and Insights, Seesaw Learning, Inc

Best Education Professional Development Solution

• Project CAFE (Classroom Automated Feedback Environment), The Urban Assembly
• RethinkEd Professional Development, RethinkEd
• Success Education – Calix Broadband Workforce Transformation, Calix

Best Educational Game

• Venture Valley Game, Singleton Foundation
• Frax, ExploreLearning

Best Emerging Education Technology Solution for Administrators

• Abre Insights, Abre
• Otus AI Insights, Otus
• ProcessMaker Transfer Credit Evaluation (TCE), ProcessMaker

Best Emerging Instructional Technology Solution

• Robo Wunderkind STEM & AI Program, Robo Wunderkind
• MobyMax, MobyMax
• InStage, InStage

Best English Language Arts Instructional Solution for Grades PK - 8

• IXL Language Arts, IXL Learning
• Lenses on Literature, Carnegie Learning
• MobyMax, MobyMax
• Newsela ELA, Newsela

Best Evidence Management Solution

• Branching Minds MTSS Platform, Branching Minds
• MobyMax, MobyMax
• Edsby, Edsby

Best Formative Assessment Solution

• MobyMax, MobyMax
• Otus, Otus
• GOLDFinch™, Teaching Strategies
• Studiosity: AI for Learning, Studiosity
• Content2Classroom, Content2Classroom

Best Gamification in Learning

• ChomChom Tech, ChomChom Tech
• Reflex, ExploreLearning
• Reading Eggs | Mathseeds, 3P Learning
• Penda Learning, Penda Learning - (A Learning 2020 Inc. Company)

Best Home Education Solution

• MobyMax, MobyMax
• Apex Learning Virtual School, Edmentum
• AV2 Nonfiction Subscriptions, Lightbox Learning Inc.
• ABCmouse, Age of Learning

Best Immersive Learning Solution or Best XR/VR/MR Solution

• ClassVR from Avantis Education, Avantis Education
• Transfr, Transfr
• Sandbox by Discovery Education, Discovery Education

Best Instructional Intervention Tool

• Penda Learning, Penda Learning - (A Learning 2020, Inc. Company)
• Phonics, Reading and Me, Learning Without Tears
• Vizzle, RethinkEd
• Scholastic Math Pro, Scholastic Education (International)
• Tutor.com High Dosage Tutoring, Tutor.com

Best Learning Management System (LMS)

• Canvas LMS, Instructure
• Blackboard by Anthology, Anthology

Best Learning Solution for Students with Special Needs

• MobyMax, MobyMax
• Unique Learning System, Everway
• Ori Learning, Ori Learning
• Presence: Transforming Education through Innovative Teletherapy, Presence

Best Mathematics Instructional Solution

• Math Nation, Accelerate Learning Inc.
• Freckle + Nearpod, Renaissance
• Alef Math, Alef Education
• Scholastic Math Pro, Scholastic Education (International)
• DreamBox Math by Discovery Education, Discovery Education

Best Personalized Learning Solution

• Branching Minds MTSS Platform, Branching Minds
• Sherpath AI, Elsevier
• MAP Reading Fluency with Coach, NWEA
• Matific Personalized Math Solution, Heinemann
• MATHia, Carnegie Learning

Best PK / Early Childhood Learning Solution

• Get Set for School: Readiness and Writing, Learning Without Tears
• Waterford Early Learning, Waterford.org
• The Creative Curriculum for Pre-K, Teaching Strategies

Best Professional Learning Community (PLC) Tool

• Patterns: K-8 Math Professional Learning, Carnegie Learning
• edWeb.net, edWeb.net

Best Professional Learning Platform

• edWeb.net, edWeb.net
• Lexia LETRS, Lexia
• Professional Learning, Renaissance

Best Research Solution

• Gale, of Cengage Group, Gale Literature Resource Center
• Gale Research Complete, Gale

Best Science Instructional Solution for Grades 9-20

• Gizmos, ExploreLearning
• Pearson Interactive Labs, Pearson
• Alef Science, Alef Education
• MobyMax, MobyMax

Best Science of Reading Solution

• Foundations A-Z, Learning A-Z
• SPIRE UP, EPS Learning
• Benchmark Phonics and Word Study, 2nd Edition, Benchmark Education Company
• IXL Language Arts, IXL Learning

Best SEL or Mindfulness Tool

• Wellness Skills, RethinkEd
• ChomChom Tech, ChomChom Tech

Best Social Sciences/Studies Instructional Solution

• BrainPOP, BrainPOP
• MapMaster 3, Pearson
• TCI's K-12 Social Studies Programs, Teachers' Curriculum Institute (TCI)
• Newsela Social Studies, Newsela

Best Solution for English Language Learners

• Rosetta Stone for Schools, IXL Learning
• Raz-Plus ELL, Learning A-Z
• Express! Asset-Based Access to English, Benchmark Education Company
• Lexia English Language Development, Lexia

Best STEM Instructional Solution for Grades K-12

• MobyMax, MobyMax
• Gizmos, ExploreLearning

Best Student Learning Capacity-Building Solution

• MobyMax, MobyMax
• EasyTech, Learning.com
• Studiosity: AI for Learning, Studiosity
• Genio Notes, Genio

Best Suite of Connected/Integrated Solutions

• Kiddom, Kiddom
• Renaissance Next, Renaissance
• Teaching Strategies: The Only Integrated Ecosystem in Early Childhood Education, Teaching Strategies
• HMH Performance Suite, HMH
• ClassLink Suite, ClassLink

Best Summative Assessment Solution

• Otus, Otus
• STAAR Summative Assessment Bank, Sirius Education Solutions

Best Use of AI in Education

• ClassMate, World Book, Inc.
• SEBIT AI EXAM, SEBIT Education and Information Technologies Inc.
• Kiddom IM® v.360, Kiddom

Best Virtual Learning Solution

• MyLab® Medical Terminology, Pearson
• EdOptions Academy, Edmentum
• Tutored by Teachers' Priority Skills Tutoring, Tutored by Teachers
• uCertify LEARN, uCertify

Industry Specific Technology
Cutting-edge tools designed to advance specialized vertical markets.

Best AI Solution for Healthcare

• vPLM4.0 GenAI, Virtusa
• Vantiq Intelligence Platform for Healthcare, with VIA, Vantiq

Best AI Tool for Lawyers

• Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Law
• Lenovo Legal AI, Lenovo
• LexisNexis Protégé, LexisNexis
• The Laurel AI TimePlatform, Laurel

Best Compliance Solution

• RegScale Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) Platform, RegScale
• Learning.com CIPA Reporting, Learning.com

Best Construction Management Platform

• Buildertrend, Buildertrend
• Gordian Cloud Platform, Gordian

Best Financial & Market Data Solution

• CaleroMDM, Calero
• Sequentum Cloud Platform, Sequentum

Best FinTech Solution

• BriteCore Platform, BriteCore
• CaleroMDM, Calero
• FloQast AI Agents, FloQast

Best Healthcare Technology Solution

• The uMotif eConsent and eCOA Platform, uMotif
• Ensora Mental Health, Ensora Health
• Healthcare Commercial AI by BCG X, Boston Consulting Group

Best IT Management Solution

• Lexipol Policy Management Solution, Lexipol
• Calero, Calero
• Best Legal Solution
• WRapid™, WR Immigration
• Dashboard Legal by Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Law

Best Property Intelligence Solution

• Assessment & Capital Planning, Gordian
• Rent Manager, London Computer Systems

Best Subscription Billing Solution

• 2Checkout monetization platform, 2Checkout
• Cleverbridge Growth Engine, Cleverbridge, Inc.

Software Development Tools & Environments
Products that empower developers, streamline workflows, and accelerate innovation.

Best Cybersecurity System/Tool

• Hello World, Text Line 10
• Portnox Cloud, Portnox
• Blumira, Blumira

Best Debugging & Testing Tool

• Sauce Labs Continuous Testing Cloud, Sauce Labs
• Quality Assurance Toolset, Condé Nast

Best DevOps Tool

• SonarQube, Sonar
• Azul Intelligence Cloud, Azul
• Best No-Code/Low-Code Platform
• ProcessMaker Platform, ProcessMaker
• App Builder, Jitterbit

Best Open-Source Development Tool

• Theia AI, The Eclipse Foundation
• Oumi, Oumi

Best Use of AI in Software Development

• VIA — Vantiq Intelligence Assistant, Vantiq
• vFunction Architectural Modernization Platform, vFunction

SOURCE CODiE Awards